As Chairman of the Insurance and Casualty Litigation Practice Group, and Head of Litigation for the firm's New Jersey office, George M. Vinci, Jr. focuses his practice on civil litigation matters including products liability, lender liability, professional malpractice (accounting, legal and medical), directors' and officers' liability, securities litigation, claims against governmental entities (wrongful termination, discrimination claims, pension disputes), and insurance coverage disputes. Mr. Vinci has successfully handled a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters including claims involving breach of contract, tortious interference, civil RICO, real estate (lease violations, restrictive covenants, mortgage foreclosures, condominium disputes), fraud and bankruptcy litigation (commercial loan defaults, preference claims). His commercial litigation experience involves cases throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Puerto Rico, and other countries, including Italy. In addition, he has successfully prosecuted and defended claims involving sexual harassment, employment discrimination and the Americans with Disabilities Act. He was also involved in a ground-breaking election fraud case (Marks v. Stinson) in the United States Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania, which was aired on Court TV. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Vinci was with the firm of Ostrager, Fieldman, Zucker, Zachmar and Nirenberg, and was associated with LaBrum and Doak, a large Philadelphia-based law firm where his practice focused on commercial litigation and products liability. Mr. Vinci is a member of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. He is also an active member of the Association of Trial Lawyers and the Professional Underwriting Society. He was recently appointed to serve as a "Senior Member" with the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Mr. Vinci is admitted to the bars of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Florida, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court of New Jersey and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Vinci received a J.D. with cum laude honors from Temple University and a B.S. from St. Joseph's University.